So what is reflective practice?

REFLECTION has many definitions, depending on the interests, assumptions, beliefs and purposes of different people. In simple terms, however, ‘reflection’ may be defined as deliberate and focused attempts to make greater meaning and understanding of our experience. We experience hundreds of events, ideas and feelings every day; mostly, we don’t stop to take time to think about or talk about these. Reflection is about creating time and opportunity to step back from some of these events, ideas and feelings and to spend time considering them, what we learnt from them and exploring possible alternatives and the consequences of these alternatives.